Allen West concedes to Patrick Murphy — Florida Rep. Allen West — the tea party pugilist and face of the class of House Republicans that stormed to power two years ago — conceded Tuesday to 29-year-old construction executive Patrick Murphy in one of the nation's highest-profile congressional races.

How The Conservative Media Lost The Election — The plan was to unmask Obama. It didn't work. — President Obama's decisive reelection has promised the conservative new media four more years of fodder, but it's also left some of its more earnest participants with a gnawing question: What went wrong?

Rand Paul says he's eyeing 2016 run — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) could soon be following in his father's footsteps. — “I'm not going to deny that I'm interested” in a 2016 presidential run, the Republican told ABC News. “I am different than some in that I'm not going to deny that I'm interested.

Charging announcement in relation to Operation Elveden — Alison Levitt, QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, oversees CPS decision making and all potential prosecutions in relation to the ongoing phone hacking investigations and other related matters.

The Conservative Future — If you listened to the Republican candidates this year, you heard a conventional set of arguments. But if you go online, you can find a vibrant and increasingly influential center-right conversation. Most of the young writers and bloggers in this conversation intermingle …

Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer, Resigns — Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Elmo character, has resigned in the aftermath of allegations — which Sesame Workshop had previously said were unfounded — that he had an underage sexual relationship.

SEC Rocked By Lurid Sex-and-Corruption Lawsuit — Move over, adulterous generals. It might be time to make way for a new sexual rats'nest - at America's top financial police agency, the SEC. — In a salacious 77-page complaint that reads like Penthouse Forum meets The Insider meets the Keystone Kops …

Liberal Man of the Year — Chief Justice Roberts shares the dais with Lena Dunham. — No Supreme Court Justice has ever said “Live from New York, it's Saturday night,” at least on national television, but give it time. This month Glamour magazine named Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg one of its “Women of the Year.”

The Rich People Who Don't Know How Tax Rates Work — How do you get to be as rich as the people in this New York Times story without ever figuring out how taxes work? … You see these idiots every time a tax hike becomes possible again. They have no apparent idea how marginal rates work.

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